AutoCAD: Effective Annotating

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Free Online Course: AutoCAD: Effective Annotating provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. AutoCAD: Effective Annotating is taught by Shaun Bryant.

Overview
  • Learn how to use AutoCAD, the flagship CAD platform from Autodesk, to effectively annotate your drawings.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • What you should know before watching this course
    • Using the exercise files
    1. Introduction to Annotation in AutoCAD
    • What is annotation in AutoCAD?
    • Why use annotation?
    • How do you annotate effectively (layers)?
    2. Different Types of Annotation
    • Text
    • Dimensions
    • Centerlines
    • Leaders
    • Tables
    • Markup
    3. Using Text Effectively in Your Drawings
    • Setting up a text layer
    • Text
    • Multiline text
    • Text styles
    • Spelling
    • Text align
    • Justify
    4. Dimensioning Accurately in Your Drawings
    • Setting up a dimensioning layer
    • Setting up a dimension style
    • DIM command
    • DIM layer override
    • Dimension types
    • QDIM command
    • Continue and baseline
    • DIMSPACE and DIMBREAK
    5. Using Centerlines
    • Setting up a centerline layer
    • Center Mark
    • Centerline
    6. Leaders and Multileaders
    • Setting up a leader layer
    • QLEADER command
    • Setting up a multileader style
    • Placing a multileader
    • Adding and removing a multileader
    • Aligning multileaders
    • Collecting multileaders
    7. Setting Up an AutoCAD Table
    • Setting up a table layer
    • Setting up the table style
    • Adding a table to the drawing
    • Inserting data in to the AutoCAD table
    • Using text fields in the AutoCAD table
    • Working with cells in the AutoCAD table
    8. Marking Up an AutoCAD Drawing
    • Setting up a markup layer
    • Using a wipeout effectively
    • Using different types of revision cloud
    Conclusion
    • Next steps